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HIGHER PAY APPROVED FOR ARMY PHYSICIANSThe recently passed Career Compensation Act of 1949 raises the income of medical officers. Major General R. W. Bliss, the Surgeon General, points out that a physician who has completed his internship may be commissioned as a first lieutenant, either in the Regular Army or in the Medical Corps Reserve, and now receive total pay and emoluments amounting to $473.88 a month (if married or with dependents) or $458.88 a month (if single and without dependents). These figures compare with former pay totals of $417 and $361, respectively.A physician who has acquired sufficient professional experience and who can meet the other requirements may be commissioned directly as a captain or higher. A captain's pay, with emoluments, in the Medical Corps, is now $546 (with dependents) or $531 (without dependents), as against $462 and $426, respectively. On completion of four years of

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